File:Med ww2 trains 700 02.jpg
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Summary
Title / Description
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Medical Dept. Hospital Ward Car USA 8906 |
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Author(s)
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United States Army Signal Corps |
Source
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http://olive-drab.com/images/med_ww2_trains_700_02.jpg |
Date created
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29 May 1943 |
Country of first publication
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United States |
Notes
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Col. T. M. Lowry, Port Surgeon, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, standing beside Medical Dept. Hospital Ward Car, USA 8906, on Pier 5, Newport News, VA, 29 May 1943. The car is standing by awaiting debarkation of 204 wounded American soldiers from Tunisia. Two of these hospital cars transferred the patients to the Valley Forge General Hospital, Phoenixville, PA.
Hospital trains were ultimately replaced by modern air transportation as higher capacity aircraft became capable of handling the load. The greater speed of air evacuation, beginning to be realized in WW II, and the gradual decline of rail transport in general, made the hospital train obsolete. |
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